Faith
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On 20th February 1886, after the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) had spent forty days in intense prayer in seclusion he published a leaflet with a prophecy that Allah had revealed to him while he was engaged in prayer during the forty days. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community commemorates the fulfilment of this grand prophecy…
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Sumayra Ahmad, Manchester When one holds the belief that God is the ultimate Creator of all things, it becomes difficult not to see the beauty of God in everything that surrounds you. My journey towards understanding, seeing and believing in God began when I made a conscious effort to establish a personal relationship with Him.…
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford Prayer. For me, that is the simplest and truest answer to this question. If you asked me ten, a hundred, or even a thousand years ago, I think my answer would still be the same. One Hadith says, “A (believing) person is nearest to his Lord when in prostration, so pray much…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park As a child, being a Muslim in the West meant seeing my friends gasp as I told them Christmas is just an ordinary day for me. It meant explaining to my friends that I’m content with not receiving presents at Christmas. Then I grew up and I realised that’s probably the…
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester ‘Islam’ and ‘the West’ have long been pitted against each other. Western society being censured for its material temptations and so-called progressive principles by one camp. Meanwhile Islam is branded an oppressive, backwards religion out of touch with and out of place in a modern, dynamic Western society by the other. As…
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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The ‘West’ is a nebulous concept; at times glorified as a model of modern civilisation, and at others, denigrated as superficial and morally corrupted. I grew up in a small, rural city in southern England. Naturally, as a Muslim of Pakistani heritage I would feel out of place in a city that…
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Yusra Dahri, Surrey For as long as I can remember, I have been living here in the UK. I grew up in full view of the passing train and formidable trees. On the terrace I stood in awe of the mosque next to me. From my bedroom window, I could see the tip of a…
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Aroosa Akram, Slough It is common knowledge that atheism is disbelief in God, however atheism in its general and basic form is the lack of belief in all deities. This is of course the opposite of theism in which all classical theistic religions like Islam, Christianity and Judaism and Hinduism believe that there is a…
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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The divine concept of God has long perplexed mankind. Yet through the Holy Qur’an and His Messengers, Allah the Exalted has provided us with a wealth of material that aids our understanding of His supreme and unmatched qualities. Rabb is the second most prevalent term for God in the Qur’an after the…
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